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G1763 ἐνιαυτός (eniautós)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

a year

Strong's Definition

a year

Derivation: prolongation from a primary (a year);

KJV Usage: year

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐνιαυτός, ἐνιαυτοῦ, ὁ, a year: Joh_11:49; Joh_11:51; Joh_18:13; Act_11:26; Act_18:11; Jas_5:17; Rev_9:15; plural, of the Jewish years of Jubilee, Gal_4:10 (cf. Ellicott at the passage); ποιεῖν ἐνιαυτόν, to spend a year, Jas_4:13; ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, Heb_9:7 (like ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας, Luk_17:4) (cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 8 N. 1; Krüger, § 47, 10, 4); κατ' ἐνιαυτόν, yearly, Heb_9:25; Heb_10:1; Heb_10:3 (Thucydides 1, 93; Xenophon, oec. 4, 6; an. 3, 2, 12); in a wider sense, for some fixed and definite period of time: Luk_4:19 (from Isa_61:2), on which passage see δεκτός. (From Homer down.) [SYNONYMS: ἐνιαυτός, ἔτος: originally ἐνιαυτός seems to have denoted (yet cf. Curtius, § 210) a year viewed as a cycle or period of time, ἔτος as a division or sectional portion of time.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐνιαυτός eniautos 14x a year, more particularly as being a cycle of seasons, and in respect of its revolution, Joh_11:49 ; Joh_11:51 ; Joh_18:13 ; in NT an era, Luk_4:19 year.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐνιαυτός , -οῦ , ὁ , [in LXX for H8141 ;] 1. prop ., a cycle of time. 2. = ἔτος , a year: Joh_11:49 ; Joh_11:51 ; Joh_18:13 , Act_11:26 ; Act_18:11 , Jas_5:17 , Rev_9:15 ; pl., of sabbatical years, Gal_4:10 ; ποιεῖν ἐ ., to spend a year, Jas_4:13 ;ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐ ., Heb_9:7 ; κατ᾿ ἐ ., Heb_9:25 ; Heb_10:1 ; Heb_10:3 ; ἐ . δεκτόν , Luk_4:19 ( LXX ).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐνιαυτός [page 215] For ἐ . as a definite period of time, cf. P Hib I. 28 .20 ( c. B.C. 265) ὑπαρχουσῶν [δὲ εἰ ]ς̣ [τὸν ] ἐν [ι ]αυτὸν [ἡ ]μ̣ερω̣̑ [ν τρια ]κοσίων ἑξήκοντα , P Tor I. 1 vii. 25 (B.C. 117 6) μὴ συνχωρητέον εἶναι πλείονα ἐνιαυτοῦ ἢ καὶ ἐτῶν δύο ἢ τριῶν , a longer period must not be granted than a year or two years or three years, P Oxy I. 37 .10 (law-suit with reference to a nursing contract A.D. 49) (= Selections, P. 49) τοῦ πρώτου ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀπέλαβεν τὰ τροφεῖα· ἐνέστηι ἡ προθεσμία τοῦ δευτέρου ἐνιαυτοῦ , for the first year she [the nurse] received her wages for nursing : there arrived the appointed day in the second year. The word is frequently found with εἷς as in P Flor I. 2 .212 (A.D. 265) ἐπ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα , and (with the aspirate) P Oxy VIII. 1116 .11 (A.D. 363) ἐφ᾽ ἑνιαυτὸν ἕνα : cf. also ib. II. 275 .9 (A.D. 66) (= Selections , P. 55) ἐπὶ χρόνον ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα . For other prepositional phrases, cf. P Strass I. 22 .32 (iii/A.D.) ᾑ [δ ]ι̣᾽ ἐνιαυτοῦ νομὴ αὐτάρκης ἐστίν̣, P Hib I. 27 .220 (B.C. 301 240) ἐν τῶι ἐνιαυτῶι , ib. .48 κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτ [όν , P Ryl II. 110 .8 (A.D. 259) καθ᾽ ἕκαστ [ο ]ν ἐνιαυτόν , P Thead 16 .4 (after A.D. 307) κατὰ τὸν προπέρυσι ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ πέρυσι , depuis l avant-derniθre et la derniθre annιe, P Flor I. 50 .108 (A.D. 268) ἐνιαυτῷ παρ᾽ ἐνιαυτόν , ib. 64 .24 (iv/A.D. ad init. ?) ἐ ]ν̣ι̣αυτὸν παρ᾽ ἐνι̣αυτόν . In Syll 438 .162 ( c. B.C. 400) μηδ᾽ ἐν ταῖς δεκάτ [α ]ις , μηδ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ἐνιαυτοῖ [ς , the reference is to anniversaries. Syll 802 .3 (iii/B.C.) shows the word along with ἔτος , the heading of a cure effected by Apollo and Asclepios Κλ ]εὼ πένθ᾽ ἕτη ἐκύησε , being immediately followed by Αὕτα πέντ᾽ ἐνιαυτοὺς ἤδη κυοῦσα κτλ . For the adj. ἐνιαύσιος see P Ryl II. 98 .9 (A.D. 172) φόρου ἐνιαυσίου σύνπαντι , at a total yearly rent, and for ἐξενίαυτα = annually, see P Amh II. 86 .11 (A.D. 78) ἃς ( sc. δραχμὰς ) καὶ ἀπ [οδ ]ώσω κατ᾽ ἔτος ἐξενίαυτα ἐν μηνὶ φαῶφι , I will pay every year the annual sum in the month of Phaophi (Edd.).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἐνιαυτός ἐνιαυτός, ὁ, [Etym: ἔνος = "annus" ] "any long period of time, a cycle, period", περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν as "times" rolled on, Od. ; ἐτῶν ἐνιαυτούς Ar. = ἔτος, "a year", Hom. , etc.; ἐνιαυτόν "during" a year, Od. ; τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ "every year", Xen. ; εἰς ἐνιαυτόν for a year, Il. ;— κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτόν for "a year", Thuc. ; or "every year", attic

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐνιαυτός, -oῦ, ὁ [in LXX for שָׁנֶה ;] __1. prop., a cycle of time. __2. = ἔτος, a year: Jhn.11:49, 51 18:13, Act.11:26 18:11, Jas.5:17, Rev.9:15; pl., of sabbatical years, Gal.4:10; ποιεῖν ἐ., to spend a year, Jas.4:13;ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐ., Heb.9:7; κατ᾽ ἐ., Heb.9:25 10:1, 3; ἐ. δεκτόν, Luk.4:19 (LXX).† (AS)

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